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Wednesday’s Headlines
Transit • TTC moving ahead with wave-of-the-card payment [ Toronto Star ] • More screeching in the subway? Blame the heat [ Toronto Star ] • All aboard...
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SUMMER SHORTS 013: Riding “the Clockwork Orange”
LISTEN TO TODAY’S SPACING RADIO PODCAST Sometimes exploring a city means just shutting your eyes and listening. In this soundscape, Spacing producer...
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IDEAS FOR TORONTO: Infrastructure referendums
The Toronto City Summit Alliance held a roundtable event last Wednesday to discuss revenue tools that could reliably fund Metrolinx’s The Big Move...
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Tuesday’s Headlines
Mayoral Race • George Smitherman’s long, scripted march [ Toronto Star ] • Mayoral candidate proposes fast-tracking good building designs [ Toronto...
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LORINC: Peace, Order, and Good Government in 2010
Here’s a question: How is it that Canadians were so blasé about the mass G-20 arrests, but now seem to be intriguingly hot and bothered about Tony Clement...
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STREET SCENE: Dundas West
505 x 2. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Monday’s Headlines
Mayoral Race • Hume: Reports of Toronto’s demise are exaggerated [ Toronto Star ] • The real cost of Rob Ford’s financial hard line [ Globe...
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Exploring Brick Works’ graffiti and revitalization project
The Brick Works have been acknowledged by photographers, urban explorers, graffiti artists, homeless people, and underground events promoters as the...
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SPACING RADIO G20 SPECIAL: Protesting free speech zones
LISTEN TO TODAY’S SPACING RADIO PODCAST Today is the final installment in our week-long G20 Special. A lot remains up for debate but we...
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Reclaiming parks, one nap at a time
After weeks of protest about anything and everything G20, this weekend a more quiet form of civic disobedience will come to a public space in Toronto, but...
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SPACING RADIO G20 SPECIAL: Protecting civil liberties
LISTEN TO TODAY’S SPACING RADIO PODCAST Discussion in the leadup to the G20 Summit took a far more serious and ominous turn on Friday, June 25, when the...
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SPACING VOTES WEEKLY: Social media, Ford, and bikes
EDITOR’S NOTE: Spacing Votes — our dedicated 2010 election blog — will feature regular posts form our contributors that examine campaign promises...
By Ryan Bolton
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered